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Venezuela last night announced that its presidential election would be held on
April 14, setting the stage for a month of bitter fighting between Hugo
Chávez’s chosen successor and an opposition that claims he has already used
the former leader’s death to hijack the vote.

Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in as caretaker president on Friday evening amid
claims of constitutional fraud, has promised to uphold his predecessor’s
legacy. He evidently had Chávez’s style of leadership in mind at
his swearing-in, in which he lambasted the US and repeated a bizarre
conspiracy theory that American agents were responsible for the

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The vote to elect a succesor to President Chávez will be on April 14, it was anounced

March 10 2013 Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

The vote to elect a succesor to President Chávez will be on April 14, it was anounced

March 10 2013 Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

Nicolás Maduro, left, faces an election battle after the funeral attended by world leaders including President Raul Castro of Cuba, centre